Cost-effectiveness of mandatory stress testing in chest pain center patients

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 88-98

  Mikhail, M G ^a   Smith, F A ^a   Gray, M ^a   Britton, C ^a   Frederiksen, S M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CREATINE KINASE MB; DOBUTAMINE; MYOGLOBIN; THALLIUM 201;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY CARE UNIT; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY WARD; EXERCISE ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART SCINTISCANNING; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAIN CLINIC; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORAX PAIN; TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY;

EID: 0031016443     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0196-0644(97)70314-7     Document Type: Article

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